AMERICANS: “Do you think Democrats learned anything from their historic loss last November?”
Democrats:
Denver City Council member discusses using tax dollars to raise the budget for a legal defense fund to protect criminal illegal aliens pic.twitter.com/yte5gGUFgb
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 19, 2025
BLOFELD HAS WON: James Bond’s long-serving producers give control to Amazon.
The James Bond film franchise will no longer be controlled by the Broccoli dynasty, after long-serving masterminds Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson announced they are stepping down.
The Bond films were launched by Albert “Cubby” Broccoli in 1962, before his daughter and stepson took over.
The pair will now give creative control to Amazon MGM Studios, which was formed when Amazon bought Bond’s parent studio in 2022.
The new deal comes after mounting speculation about the fate of the British spy, four years after his last outing in No Time to Die, which was also Daniel Craig’s final appearance in the role.
Amazon will now decide which actor will take over the famous character, but there is still no timescale for when that that will happen or when the next film will be made.
Flashback to December: Amazon Owns James Bond. Unfortunately It Hates Men. “‘I have to be honest, I don’t think James Bond is a hero,’ one Amazon executive said during a recent meeting about upcoming Bond content, the outlet reported. That quote seemed to point to Broccoli’s fear that Amazon does not understand the very character that she has dedicated her career to. Of course not. If you’re a woke, why would you think a white very heterosexual male defending a colonialist entity using violence against justice-involved persons is a hero?”
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OPERATIVES WITH CHRYONS CALLED ON THEIR IGNORANCE: CNN anchor Pamela Brown insists she ‘doesn’t know anything’ about nonbinary ex-Biden nuclear official Sam Brinton during heated exchange: ‘I’ll be transparent.’
IN THE TRUMP ERA, ALL THE PREFERENCES ARE CASCADING: What Happened to the Stigma of Wearing Fur? After years of protests and strides in fake skins, vintage furs are popping up all over.
‘LAWYER UP!’ Senate Votes to Make Kash Patel the Next FBI Director As Dems Sweat Profusely.
UPDATE:
If they didn’t steal it in 2020, they would’ve had 4 years of Trump being hamstrung by a Democrat Congress and Chris Wray as FBI Director
Now they get 4 years of Kash
And it’s going to be hell on earth for the Deep State
Congratulations to America’s new FBI Director pic.twitter.com/w5KtGpdMjx
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) February 20, 2025
ANOTHER UPDATE (FROM GLENN): A friend writes: “Yeah and then there were the unverifiable mail-in ballots. Boxes of them appearing hours, days, weeks after the fact. In many cases with only the presidential race checked. We didn’t have an election in 2020. We had a massive fraud operation.” It does seem increasingly like that.
But, as above, oft evil will shall evil mar.
CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Franklin Armory and FRAC Defeat ATF, Judge Rules Words Mean Things. Quoth the court: “It is not for ATF to redefine the terms because it thinks Congress didn’t intend a certain outcome.”
BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN: If You’re a Fan, Catch It on the Big Screen.
My latest, over at Ed Driscoll.com.
MY THURSDAY VIP ESSAY: Politico Finally Notices That Maybe Bidenomics Wasn’t so Great, Ackshully. “The Democrat party’s in-house newsletter, Politico, today asked a question that must have felt to them like an acrophobic making his first skydive with bamboo shoots under his fingernails — an almost unbearable combination of fear and torture.”
VIP members asked for more longer-form content, and I’ve been happy to oblige.
READER FAVORITE: Apple AirPods Pro 2 Wireless Earbuds. #CommissionEarned
KATHY HOCHUL LETS LOOSE ON TRUMP AFTER CONGESTION PRICING DISMISSAL:
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) has adopted a more aggressive persona in response to the Trump administration’s move to end New York City’s congestion pricing, to mixed reception.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy informed Hochul in a Wednesday letter that the federal government was terminating approval of the controversial policy. Hochul responded aggressively, holding a press conference in which she swore, invoked the American Revolution, and vowed to see Trump “in court.”
“Donald Trump isn’t a ‘king’ and we won’t let him use New Yorkers as roadkill on his revenge tour,” Hochul captioned a post of her press conference. “We’ll see him in court.”
“I’m here to say: New York hasn’t labored under a king in over 250 years,” she said Wednesday to cheers.
“We sure as hell are not going to start now.”Going beyond congestion pricing, Hochul said the issue was secondary and that Trump’s move represented “an attack on our sovereign identity, our independence from Washington.”
Fair enough, no more DOT funding for New York roads, then. “Congestion pricing runs counter to the federal highway aid program, which prohibits tolling on roads built with federal funds unless Congress grants an exception, the DOT said.”
AMERICANS: “Do you think Democrats learned anything from their historic loss last November?”
Democrats:
Trans-identified man who was appointed as head of an endometriosis charity compares a female nurse who doesn't want to take her clothes off in front of a male colleague to a convicted child killer. https://t.co/v1Rz7e0x8e
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 20, 2025
WHEN YOU’VE LOST THE GRAND MUFTI…
🔴 Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia:
"What we saw today in Gaza is a disgrace to Islam, an act of blasphemy against Allah." pic.twitter.com/hPKi7T8QNN
— 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) February 20, 2025
It was a Nuremberg rally in celebration of murdered children and their mother.
ANOTHER WIN FOR TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT: My goodness, the great news just keeps coming on the transparency and accountability front. Check out the latest Citizen Auditor product from OpenTheBooks in my latest PJ Media column.
READER FAVORITE: Airmoto Tire Inflator Portable Air Compressor. #CommissionEarned
When are we Europeans going to stop being scandalised about Donald Trump and start helping him to end this war?
Of course Ukraine didn’t start the war. You might as well say that America attacked Japan at Pearl Harbor.
Of course a country undergoing a violent invasion should not be staging elections. There was no general election in the UK from 1935 to 1945.
Of course Zelenskyy’s ratings are not 4%. They are actually about the same as Trump’s.
Trump’s statements are not intended to be historically accurate but to shock Europeans into action.
In particular the US can see $300bn of frozen Russian assets – mainly in Belgium. That is cash that could and should be used to pay Ukraine and compensate the US for its support.
Why is Europe preventing the unfreezing of Putin’s cash?
The US believes Belgium, France and other countries are blocking. It’s absurd. We need to get serious and fast.
The first rule of Trump Says Something Outrageous is to spend at least 24 hours figuring out what he’s actually trying to accomplish. The second rule of Trump Says Something Outrageous is that the Very Online People usually ignore the first rule for fun and profit.
SEVEN OF THE TOP TEN ARE IN COMMUNIST CHINA: These universities have the most retracted scientific articles. “Many other Chinese hospitals are retraction hotspots. But universities and institutes in China, Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan and Ethiopia feature in the data as well. Retractions can be for honest mistakes and administrative errors, but evidence suggests the majority of cases in these data are related to misconduct.”
THE CRITICAL DRINKER: Abandon Ship! Doctor Who Is Finished (Video).
FREE RANGE KIDS FOR THE WIN: Children found to perform cognitive tasks faster on their own than with supervision.
HAMAS TERRORISTS LEAD GAZANS IN PROPAGANDA PARADE CELEBRATING THEIR MURDER OF JEWISH CHILDREN:
In their most shocking propaganda display to date, Hamas terrorists paraded the coffins of two dead children, their mother, and an 83-year-old man through the streets of Gaza before throngs of cheering Palestinians.
The macabre scene unfolded on Thursday morning as Hamas returned the bodies of four Israeli captives who were held for more than 500 days: Shiri Bibas, 32; her two children, 4-year-old Ariel and 9-month-old Kfir; and 83-year-old Oded Lifshitz. The caskets bore smiling pictures of those killed alongside messages listing their “date of arrest” as Oct. 7, 2023.
Hamas displayed the caskets on a makeshift stage in front of an anti-Semitic sign depicting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a bloodthirsty vampire snarling above a photo of the murdered captives. The sign included the caption, “The War Criminal Netanyahu & His Nazi Army Killed Them with Missiles from Zionist Warplanes.” There is no evidence to date that supports the claim.
Related:
Pay close attention to the journalists and media who made a bigger week long news cycle out of an Elon Musk hand gesture than they will this display. https://t.co/ylw6yPij8N
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) February 20, 2025
As Ben Shapiro writes, “Sometimes, Moral Clarity Isn’t Difficult.” “This is evil. If you side with those who deliberately kidnap babies and hold them for ransom, you are siding with evil. If you demand concessions to those who perform such atrocities, you are siding with evil. From college campuses to the streets of London, from the United Nations to the International Criminal Court, we can see just who sides with evil. And as Israel lays to rest the corpses of the Bibas family, we should be reminded that those who side with evil share its moral consequences.”
UPDATE:
The sacred Associated Press, ladies and gentlemen. https://t.co/4lLITg4aAk pic.twitter.com/iGi9TAiLmG
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) February 20, 2025
WHERE’S THE RABBIT? BREAKING: Mitch McConnell to Retire.
SPOILER: THEY NEVER REALLY WERE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Trump order declares independent US agencies aren’t independent anymore.
IT’S COME TO THIS:
This is peak Democrat party 2025.
Five assholes huddled around a microphone with zero constituent support, trying to block a patriotic American (@Kash_Patel) from doing his job. pic.twitter.com/kp1Q2BCq0v
— Brenden Dilley (@WarlordDilley) February 20, 2025
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